I just wanna talk to you Sometimes I just wanna talk Just want you to hear me out Shit like that, you know If I'm gonna die in the morning, who give the warning to me? Who? I bet it wouldn't be the reaper, homie (I bet that) And you know I love rhyming to you (Hahaha) But this shit is getting deeper, homie I used to hustle for that sneaker money, working the speaker Then the crib turned to Sneaker Dome (Sneaker's heavyweight, nigga) But I should've thought of buildings below Orleans I'm still building, why you think I'm seeking for 'em? And I should've [?] geek But the handgun was sleek and my palm no reach (Don't you fuckin' move) Middle of a robbery, louder shit would bother me But wasn't used to speakin' on it (I ain't speakin' on [?] God) In the hood, it's aggressive shit, I ain't really stressin' shit I just light the reefer for it But then I had to change it Face all my fears, but I didn't get weaker for it Gotta know your weakness, gotta know your strength Are you built for the war? Can you go the length? Hopped off the stoop, climbed every fence Stayed on the grind, shine ever since Gotta know your weakness, gotta know your strength Are you built for the war? Can you go the length? Hopped off the stoop, climbed every fence Stayed on the grind, shine ever since Tears stain the face and blood stains the body And drugs stain the [?] and dirt stains the stoop So none of us is clean but all we want is green So all of us will rule (We ruling) It's fucked up, on the drive (Fucked up) Knowing some of us could die and some of us could blow It's a rollercoaster ride, no amusement in the park When you runnin' from the narcs, gun'll spark and you could go To the pearly gates in Heaven or the flames down in Hell But you ain't live to tell, so we don't really know The show will go on and the flow will go on Just like that in the slums, but you already know that They don't give a fuck about 'em so, or the fuck about us [?] Why you think they give a fuck about you? But he don't give a fuck, so I don't give a fuck In a room with some niggas, they don't give a fuck, too Gotta know your weakness, gotta know your strength Are you built for the war? Can you go the length? Hopped off the stoop, climbed every fence Stayed on the grind, shine ever since Gotta know your weakness, gotta know your strength Are you built for the war? Can you go the length? Hopped off the stoop, climbed every fence Stayed on the grind, shine ever since